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One of four Inland-area golfers to reach the CIF-SCGA Southern California Regional round, McCoy fell short of his goal of reaching the CIF-State Championship but still is the HSGameTime All-Area Boys Golfer of the Year.

McCoy was perhaps the most consistent area golfer throughout the entire season. This honor was chosen in mid-May, due to publication requirements for the first HSGameTime Athlete & Coach of the Year Awards. Murrieta Valley junior Harrison Kingsley was also considered.

Oddly enough, with McCoy’s postseason success — this season marked his second consecutive SoCal Regional appearance — it was a regular-season round this year that he termed his favorite memory of his high school career.

A year ago, McCoy lost in a playoff for a state-tournament berth. This year, he suffered through a tough start and shot 85 to end his season.

Through it all, he earned a scholarship to San Diego State — “I’m super excited to get to play there for four years,” he said — and has a bright future ahead, including U.S. Amateur qualifying in a couple of weeks.

Learning the team concept in high school golf, he said, will be something he takes to the Aztecs.

“I just learned how to work as a team with all the other guys,” he said, “and how to come together.”

Landon Negri is a freelancer. Previously, he covered local sports in the Inland Empire since 1996, primarily in the Temecula-Murrieta area, but also throughout the I.E. and into eastern Los Angeles County. He is a native to the I.E., having been born in Redlands, raised in Calimesa and having graduated from Yucaipa High School. He also attended Cal State Fullerton. While he covers all sports, he does concentrate on basketball, golf and football.